Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says his friends have dubbed him "the poster child for retirement." A former high school art teacher and assistant principal, Sarnoff left the New York City school system five years ago, and since then has worked part time directing a program that teaches art and computer skills to the homeless. But that's just the start. Sarnoff has showcased his paintings at two art exhibits, written five plays that were produced off-off-Broadway and acted in five independent films. "Even though I loved teaching, I knew in the back of my mind that I wanted to explore my creative...
There used to be a time when you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing Juliana Hatfield's face. Whether it was Beavis and Butthead commenting on her masochistic video for "What A Life," her 1993 "buzz track" for the scathing "My Sister" or her turn as a homeless angel on everybody's favorite teen-angst drama My So-Called Life, Juliana was a pervasive presence on the airwaves. Add in hot rumors about her relationship with cuter-than-thou Lemonhead Evan Dando and also her supposed virginity, and Juliana was prime Kurt Loder fodder...
...antithesis of Raymond the next day in the form of a mounted Newark police officer outside the brand-new New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). As we talked about Newark, he blamed the bad reputation of the downtown on the bands of homeless men like Raymond who roamed the streets. He shook his head in disbelief when he told me the city built the $180 million NJPAC in the midst of five homeless shelters and next door to the city's main church soup kitchen...
...Eddie related a story about the September 1997 grand opening of NJPAC. On duty that night, he watched as a crowd of elegantly dressed concert-goers with $1,000 tickets waited to cross the street and enter the Center. From out of the night appeared a shuffling group of homeless men who walked up and stood silently behind them. The out-of-towners in tuxedos and evening gowns shifted uncomfortably and looked imploringly at Eddie and the other police officers to intervene, but the police did nothing. As the walk sign blinked on, both groups stepped off the curb...
...Dorchester resident reported that at 1:20 a.m., a homeless person broke off the driver's side mirror of his motor vehicle parked in Harvard Square...